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US 2014/0212516 A1Published application
Nitric oxide generator and non-deliquescent tablet for use in same
AssigneeGenosys, Inc.
InventorsJ. W. Randolph Miller, Christie W. Jones
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Abstract
An apparatus to generate nitric oxide is disclosed in one embodiment in accordance with the invention as including a heat source and a vessel containing the heat source. A tablet may be placed within the vessel such that it is in thermal communication with the heat source to receive heat therefrom. The tablet may contain reactants that are substantially non-deliquescent and form nitric oxide in response to heat from the heat source.
Claims20
A method of generating nitric oxide, the method comprising:
- providing a solid tablet comprising non-deliquescent reactants;
- heating the tablet to melt at least one of the reactants to promote reaction thereof, thereby generating nitric oxide;
- mixing the nitric oxide with a diluent gas to provide a therapeutically safe concentration of nitric oxide.
An apparatus generating nitric oxide, the apparatus comprising:
- a heat source;
- a vessel containing the heat source;
- a tablet, positioned within the vessel and in thermal communication with the heat source to receive heat therefrom;
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- the tablet, consisting substantially of non-deliquescent reactants forming nitric oxide in response to heat from the heat source.
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